SATURDAY
/ APRIL 25 /

3:00PM: LIMINAL+ Event
/ OTHER CANTICLES /
SCREENING & CONVERSATION PRESENTED BY INSERIES

ABOUT OTHER CANTICLES

CANTICLE I: MY BELOVED

Filmed in Collinwood, Tennessee

This film —to Benjamin Britten's Canticle I— is the first in the Other Canticles series and it reveals a reconciliation of one's past and present identities when returning home.

CANTICLE II: ABRAHAM & ISAAC

Filmed in Cornwall, England

Canticle II delivers an emotional farewell/reflection of Britten’s Abraham & Isaac. Filmed in England, Britten’s home country, on the stunning terrains of Cornwall the film stirs heart-rending images of sacrifice, loss, and reconciliation.

CANTICLE III: STILL FALLS THE RAIN

Filmed at Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia

Still Falls the Rain is the third film in the Other Canticles series. Against the beautiful brutality of Britten's trio of piano, tenor, and solo horn—this film explores the relationship between modern spirituality and the natural world.

CANTICLE IV: JOURNEY OF THE MAGI

Filmed in Satakunta, Finland

Canticle IV depicts a fractured moment in time, with its unique cinematic style giving a modern nod to triptych art. Britten’s rondo composition for countertenor, tenor, baritone, and piano parallels the filmic structure of pulling moments apart and bringing them back together. The fourth installment in the Other Canticles series, this dance film was created in the enchanting Satakunta region of Finland and explores the flexibility of Britten’s rhythm and harmonies.

CANTICLE V: THE DEATH OF SAINT NARCISSUS

Filmed in Baltimore, Maryland

Canticle V is the final work of the Other Canticles series. With the music written in the final years of Benjamin Britten’s life, this film is a minimalist interpretation of the music's enigmatic emotional landscape of solo tenor and harp. Nearly four thousand individual photos are used to construct the choreography–via stop motion animation– which casts surreal images of ascension and reverie across the mysterious and murky depths of Britten’s final hymn.

OTHER CANTICLES

A FIVE PART DANCE FILM SERIES BY ORANGE GROVE DANCE
COMMISSIONED AND PRODUCE BY INSERIES

The Other Canticles constitute a series of dance films inspired by five musical works of British composer Benjamin Britten. The pieces were written as canticles across his lifetime, with three of the pieces written as memorials. These dance films rouse the dynamic musical themes of each canticle and reflect the intense tone, power, and spiritual elevation of these works across disparate cinematic landscapes.

ABOUT OTHER CANTICLES

Choreography and Direction:

Colette Krogol & Matt Reeves

Other Canticles Cast:

London Brison (Canticles 1 and 3)

Robin Neveu Brown (Canticle 3)

Juliana Pongutá Forero (Canticle 3)

Colette Krogol (Canticles 2 and 4)

Matt Reeves (Canticle 2)

Robert Rubama (Canticles 3 and 5)

Other Canticles Musicians:

Justina Kim, piano | music direction (Canticles 1-4)